Check out Aaron's videos from Houston- July 12, 2008 YouTube - varvid&39;s Videos: http:youtube.comprofile_videosuser=varvid&p=r Aaron has posted up more of the videos he did from WPC.http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/07/12/check-out-aaron-s-videos-from-houston.a... About those DNS forwarders- July 12, 2008 http:msmvps.comblogsbradleyarchive20080712patching-tips-for-sbs-admins.aspx Just in case I didn&39;t quite make the last blog post clear enough... the information I gave about flipping from dns forwarders to root hints is a proactive change to make to your networks to ensure that you are not relying on the patch status of your ISP&39;s DNS servers. So most of us have traditionally done DNS forwarders... in this sample box it&39;s pointing to Opendns.org For many years this was seen as the...http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/07/12/about-those-dns-forwarders.aspx Patching tips for SBS admins- July 12, 2008 1. One at a time. I&39;ve personally found that installing the SQL patches one at a time works the best. (doesn&39;t matter which order, any order will do) Install them first, typically they don&39;t need a reboot. Keep in mind that KB948109 that patches the Windows Internal Database (the embedded SQL 2005) is labeled a Windows Server patch, not a SQL patch so keep an eye out for that one. 2. IPSec service disabled. I&39;m seeing where folks are...http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/07/12/patching-tips-for-sbs-admins.aspx One at a time...- July 12, 2008 If you are going to use MU as a platform to deploy SQL patches this month, I would highly recommend doing so, one....at....a....time. Untick all other patches, and just do one SQL patch at a time.http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/07/11/one-at-a-time.aspx "Is blogging generally good..."- July 12, 2008 Knowledge Management in Technical Support : Is ROI really that important for blogging: http:blogs.technet.comkmarchive20080711is-roi-really-that-important-for-blogging.aspx My two cents. Given the fact that my major locations to check when there is key information I need to know about SBS = http:blogs.technet.comsbsMicrosoft Update = http:blogs.technet.commuWSUS = http:blogs.technet.comwsusWSUS issues - http:blogs.technet.comsusSecurity = http:blogs.technet.commsrcSWI blog =...http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/07/11/quot-is-blogging-generally-good-quot.as... The Official SBS Blog : Loss of Internet Connectivity After Installing 951748 and 951746:- July 12, 2008 The Official SBS Blog : Loss of Internet Connectivity After Installing 951748 and 951746: http:blogs.technet.comsbsarchive20080711loss-of-internet-connectivity-after-installing-951748-and-951746.aspxhttp://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/07/11/the-official-sbs-blog-loss-of-internet-... The Official SBS Blog : Cannot Access CompanyWeb After Installing 948110:- July 12, 2008 The Official SBS Blog : Cannot Access CompanyWeb After Installing 948110: http:blogs.technet.comsbsarchive20080711cannot-access-company-web-after-installing-948110.aspxhttp://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/07/11/the-official-sbs-blog-cannot-access-com... Consulting on the HR side- July 11, 2008 Microsoft addresses partner worries about Web trend Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: http:www.chron.comdispstory.mplbusiness5878164.html "Instead of making a little money installing an e-mail system for a customer, the partners can make more money advising the company on e-mail policy, configuring the system and other "professional services," he said." There&39;s one problem with that. And I&39;ll be brutally honest here. Developing and implementing policy is...http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/07/11/consulting-on-the-hr-side.aspx Be the tortoise, not the hare when it comes to Patches- July 11, 2008 http:blogs.technet.commsrcarchive20080710update-2-microsoft-security-advisory-954960.aspx Update 2: Microsoft Security Advisory (954960) Hi. Bill here. I want to let you know that customers running Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2008 may experience an issue installing the update provided in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 954960. The update does not correctly elevate privileges, which are required for the installation to complete. In order to...http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/07/10/be-the-tortoise-not-the-hare-when-it-co... HP and SMB- July 11, 2008 Picture stolen from Robbie&39;s blog -- http:blogs.technet.comsbsaustraliaarchive20080711great-vendor-support-for-ebs-2008-at-wpc.aspx Windows Essential Server Solutions Family: Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Server 2008: http:h18004.www1.hp.comproductsserverssoftwaremicrosoftoswindows-sbs2008 Check out the HP info for SBS and EBS server info: Implementing Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) on HP ProLiant servers -new- HP...http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/07/10/hp-and-smb.aspx |